Costa Rican · serves 4 · about 25 minutes
Costa Rica's morning flag: black beans and day-old rice fried together with sweet pepper and a shake of salsa inglesa. Across the northern border they paint it red and claim the name. Pura vida — but the rooster is Tico.
Ingredients
- 3 cups Iberia Parboiled Rice 5 lbs
- 2 cups Iberia Black Beans W/S 15 oz
- 1/2 onion, minced
- 1/2 red pepper, minced
- 2 tbsp cilantro, chopped
- 2 tbsp Iberia Baby Eels In Olive Oil 4 oz
- 1 tbsp salsa Lizano (or Worcestershire, the diaspora stand-in)
Method
- Soften the onion and pepper in the oil.
- Add the beans with a few spoons of broth and the salsa; simmer 2 minutes.
- Fold in the rice and fry until evenly speckled and heated through.
- Finish with cilantro.
- Serve with eggs, natilla, and coffee — and if a Nicaraguan friend objects to the black beans, smile. Pura vida.